Marie Bouzkova stuns Cori Gauff 4-6 6-2 6-2 in the 3rd round in Rome on Sunday. Bouzkova is going to play against Veronika Kudermetova in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 2nd round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Marie added to her prize money € 16,430 after winning this match. She has already won € 39,130 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Czech will add € 34,800 to her earnings to get in total € 73,930 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Bouzkova scored 84 points vs. Coco’s 77.
Bouzkova
Bouzkova won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Gauff
On the other side, Gauff was battling in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Bouzkova and Gauff is 2-0 for Marie.
Draw and next match H2H: Marie Bouzkova vs. Veronika Kudermetova – stats
Bouzkova will face Kudermetova in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Marie Bouzkova and Veronika Kudermetova square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Bouzkova and Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Kudermetova won 6-4 0-2 ret. in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in 2022.
Bouzkova was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 56 points vs. Kudermetova’s 45 points.
Live score progression and stats
Bouzkova came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Cori Gauff in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Gauff managed to stage a great comeback to break the Czech 4 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 6th (3-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The American was unable to break Bouzkova in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The American was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 15-40), the 4th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Marie was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. The American conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Marie (33-27). Gauff conceded 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the court, Marie conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
The Czech in this set was too good for Gauff and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Gauff in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Bouzkova failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
Marie converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Marie didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 64 points. Marie won 10 more points than Coco (37-27). Bouzkova dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, Gauff conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).
Bouzkova in this set was much more effective than the American and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Gauff in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Coco was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Marie was perfect in converting all her break points in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marie won just 3 points more than Gauff (20-17). Marie lost 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the net, Gauff conceded 8 points on serve (12-8).
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